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Entrepreneur and philanthropist Peter Munk is awarded the rank of Companion of the Order of Canada by Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean at Rideau Hall in Ottawa June 18, 2010. (BLAIR GABLE / REUTERS Reuters)

Barrick Gold Corp. Chairman Peter Munk reads the meeting's minutes at the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on April 29 2009. (CHRIS YOUNG / The Canadian Press)

Mining magnate Peter Munk leaves Jim Flaherty's state funeral in Toronto on April 16, 2014. (Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Peter Munk, Founder and Chairman of Barrick Gold speaking at their Annual General Meeting being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre April 24, 2013. (David Cooper / Toronto Star) | Order this photo

Barrick Gold chairman Peter Munk sports his trademark fedora on his way out of court during the Bre X trial, December 7, 2005. (Rick Eglinton / toronto star) | Order this photo

Peter Munk started out in the stereo business, and counted Frank Sinatra and Oscar Peterson among his first company’s fans. In 1956 he started Clairtone Sound Corp. in Toronto, building and installing high-quality sound systems.
An image from the book The Art of clairtone: The Art of Clairtone spotlights the company's iconic designs.

An image of the Project G from the book The Art of clairtone: The Art of Clairtone spotlights the company's iconic designs.

An image of the Project G manufactured in the 1960's by Clairtone.

Peter Munk of Toronto is presented with the Companion of the Order of Canada medal by Governor General Michaelle Jean during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday June 18, 2010. (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press)

Peter Munk Barrick Gold on his last day as chairman at the annual general meeting in Toronto, April 30, 2014. (Keith Beaty / Toronto Star) | Order this photo

Members of the Barrick Gold Corporation's board of directors, from left to right, incoming chairman John Thornton, Steven Shapiro, and former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney clap after outgoing chairman Peter Munk speaks at the company's annual general meeting for shareholders in Toronto, April 30, 2014. (Darren Calabrese / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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